PANews reported on March 4th that, according to The Block, a16z Crypto criticized the common use of the term "ZK" in some developer environments in a blog post PANews reported on March 4th that, according to The Block, a16z Crypto criticized the common use of the term "ZK" in some developer environments in a blog post
a16z Crypto updates Jolt zkVM to natively support zero-knowledge proofs and questions the misuse of the "ZK" label.
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PANews reported on March 4th that, according to The Block, a16z Crypto criticized the common use of the term "ZK" in some developer environments in a blog post about its Jolt zkVM. The article points out that most zkVMs do not actually possess zero-knowledge properties unless expensive "wrapping" procedures are applied. The author also mentions that "zk" is often used as a synonym for "simplicity," meaning proofs are "brief and verification is fast," rather than true zero-knowledge privacy. With the community's growing focus on privacy, this misuse of the term is becoming a real problem.
a16z's open-source Jolt zkVM received a major upgrade on Tuesday, natively supporting zero-knowledge proofs. Jolt uses the NovaBlindFold folding scheme to create blinded proofs to prevent information leakage, making it suitable for privacy applications. The zero-knowledge proofs generated after the upgrade are only about 3 KB larger than the original non-ZK proofs.
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